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Julian Horn-Smith (R), CEO Europe Vodafone, and Markus Rauh (L), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swisscom AG, talk during a press conference in Zurich, Wednesday 08 November 2000. British Vodafone company will buy a quarter of the shares of a yet to be determined mobile-phone branch of Swiss telecommunication company Swisscom in a deal worth 4,5 billion Swiss francs (2,54 billion US dollars/2,96 billion euro). Swisscom in Bern said 08 November, Vodafone was chosen as their partner last week from a number of bidders. EPA PHOTO KEYSTONE/FRANCO GRECO